牲

sacrifice; victim

Kanji 1474

Parents often make sacrifices to give children a good education. Find out how to say that, and then discover how maternal self-sacrifice may be harmful. See which term for “war victim” is right, depending on what the person experienced. Learn to say, “I must help her at any cost” and “She worked at the expense of her health,” as well as jargon for being a sacrificial lamb in the consumer world.

Revision history:

Nov. 26, 2024: 

• p. 2: Defined 犠牲にする not only as "to make a sacrifice" but also as "to sacrifice."
• p. 4: Slightly revised the 1st and 3rd sample sentences to make them more natural.
• p 6: In the vocab for the second book title, I have now defined 無理する (to work too hard), not 無理 (impossible).
• p. 8: Defined 子宮頸がん as one term meaning "cervical cancer" and ワクチン接種 as one term meaning "vaccination."  
• p. 13: Revised the explanation of terms in the Answer to the Verbal Logic Quiz. I can't elaborate here for fear of spoiling the quiz!

Feb. 19, 2021: Originally published.